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The software people enjoy using is typically written in C++, Rust, or Swift.

Nobody writes desktop software in a GC'd language that doesn't suffer from noticeable performance issues. There's a reason why people bitch about e.g., Microsoft Teams, and it has a lot to do with language choice.

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Garbage collected languages are fine for the desktop, there's plenty of software written in C# or Java that performs perfectly fine. It's mostly the web stack that tends to be bloated and slow.

Name me a C# or Java desktop program that doesn't have annoying GC pauses or stutters. Name me a C# or Java desktop program that isn't bloated and slow compared to the equivalent C++ program.

Programmers choose GC languages because it's what they want, not what users want.

Maptool is written in Java and it runs as fast as anything else I use.

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